"mal" meaning in Old French

See mal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: male [feminine, nominative, oblique, singular], peior [comparative], peior [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin malus. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|fro|la|inherited|sort=}} Latin, {{str left|malus|1}} m, {{str left|malus|1}} m, {{m-lite|la|malus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} malus, {{inh-lite|fro|la|malus}} Latin malus Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|oblique and nominative feminine singular|male|||comparative|peior|superlative|peior|g=m|head=}} mal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular male, comparative peior, superlative peior), {{fro-adj|comp=peior|sup=peior}} mal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular male, comparative peior, superlative peior)
  1. bad (undesirable; not good) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mal-fro-adj-tZ34aQgB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb

Etymology: From Latin male. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|fro|la|inherited|sort=}} Latin, {{str left|male|1}} m, {{str left|male|1}} m, {{m-lite|la|male|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} male, {{inh-lite|fro|la|male}} Latin male Head templates: {{head|fro|adverbs||head=}} mal, {{fro-adv}} mal
  1. evilly
    Sense id: en-mal-fro-adv-kWV18HNL Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 2 71 18 0 9
  2. badly; poorly
    Sense id: en-mal-fro-adv-hcXtFnWP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: mal oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], maus [oblique, plural], max [oblique, plural], mals [oblique, plural], maus [nominative, singular], max [nominative, singular], mals [nominative, singular], mal [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Latin malus. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|fro|la|inherited|sort=}} Latin, {{str left|malus|1}} m, {{str left|malus|1}} m, {{m-lite|la|malus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} malus, {{inh-lite|fro|la|malus}} Latin malus Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} mal oblique singular, m (oblique plural maus or max or mals, nominative singular maus or max or mals, nominative plural mal)
  1. evil
    Sense id: en-mal-fro-noun-tcH7Lvxt
  2. pain, suffering
    Sense id: en-mal-fro-noun-qO2aUnPb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for mal meaning in Old French (5.7kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'mal oblique singular or', originally 'mal oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "mal"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mal",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'mal oblique singular or' in 'mal oblique singular, m (oblique plural maus or max or mals, nominative singular maus or max or mals, nominative plural mal)'",
  "path": [
    "mal"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mal",
  "trace": ""
}

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